What is the legal process of buying used motorcycle in UK?

[Gary Groch]

Dear All,
Just pass my CBT training and I want to buy a used 125cc motorcycle, It is have to be MOT'd and possibly Taxed. Can You pls explain me how does all process look like.
Lets say I won the bike on ebay and I want to collect the bike and ride it back home (don't have a car and a trailer).
- If it is Taxed, do I have to change it to my name?
- what about the insurance? Should I ask for a reg. number and insure it before or wait till I see bike and insure it over the phone if I decide to take it? Insurance quote is important for me and it is major factor for me when choosing a bike as I just pass my driving test and got a full car licence, so I don't have any 'No claim discount'.
Basically what do I need to ride the bike home and is there anything else I have to do like inform DVLA that I purchase the bike?
-How does the buying process look like itself? What documents I need and what should I expect from the seller?

Thank You very much for Your help

[pinkyfloyd]

It needs to be insured.

You will sign the relevant parts of the log book when you pick the bike up and that needs to be posted. Tax you dont need to change names of, nor the MOT but it must have both to be ridden home along with insurance.
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[tbourner]

Bike needs valid tax and MOT.
You need to be insured to ride the bike, doesn't matter if you do it then over the phone (get quotes first) or insure it as soon as you've 'bought' it before picking it up. As long as your insurance cover starts before you start riding it.
Bike needs to have L-plates fitted front and rear.
V5c logbook you need to fill in your name and address on the main (left) page and also the little tear out section (think it's the 2nd section of 4 on the right page). You take the tear out section and current owner sends off the main page.
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[Rogerborg]

[multijoy]

S3 of the excitingly titled The Motor Vehicles (Electronic Communication of Certificates of Insurance) Order 2010 sayeth that electronic delivery of the insurance certificate is sufficient.

So insure online or by phone, and the moment it pings into your inbox or is made available to you by means of a website means that you're covered.
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[Rogerborg]

Ballcocks, I'd forgot they only gone and done something sensible. It seems so... unlikely.
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